If the court rules against the cable companies, agreeing with the 9th Circuit that cable contains elements of a telecommunications service, it could give new life to small ISPs like Brand X, allowing them access to cable networks and providing a new stream of revenue.

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If the Court rules that the 9th Circuit was wrong, the FCC was right, and cable is an information service, it would keep cable networks completely closed to outside ISPs, assuring that cable operators are able to continue to benefit from that revenue.

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That effort was shot down by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, but the court left a door open for ISPs, ruling that cable transmissions had elements of both information and telecommunications services.

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The company sued the FCC, and the 9th Circuit came down on their side, ruling that only Congress and the Supreme Court could reverse its decision and reclassify cable as an information service.

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